Joseph Addison Quote

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.


No. 166 (10 September 1711). - The Spectator (1711–1714)


Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to the posterity of ...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to the posterity of ...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to the posterity of ...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to the posterity of ...